Ford Motor Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Proceedings in certiorari to review an award of the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of William Shortall, who was employed as a mechanic by the Ford Motor Company. While so employed, and on the twenty-ninth day of July, 1921, he sustained an injury to his back. This injury arose out of and in the course of his employment, and consisted of a fracture of the spine, with a series of sprained ligaments and membranes about the spine at or near its juncture with the sacrum. In proceedings instituted before the Industrial Accident Commission for an award for compensation for the injury thus…